Kemp, Abrams to Debate on 1st Day of Early Voting in Georgia

Kemp, Abrams to Debate on 1st Day of Early Voting in Georgia brian kemp speaks into a microphone Republican gubernatorial candidate Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during his primary night election party at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24. (Joe Raedle/Getty)

JEFF AMY Monday, 17 October 2022 09:07 AM EDT

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia on Monday, hours before the candidates for governor meet in the first of two scheduled debates. Democrats in particular are trying to push their supporters to cast ballots early in races that include a pivotal U.S. Senate seat.

Republican incumbent Brian Kemp, who has been touting his record of reopening Georgia's economy during the COVID-19 pandemic and assailing Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams as soft on crime, rolled out a batch of crime proposals Monday, signaling that could be a major theme of the debate.

Kemp is proposing to increase the prison sentence for recruiting youths under 18 into a gang to a minimum of 10 years from the current minimum of five years. He's also proposing to make it harder for judges to release people who have been arrested without cash bail, saying judges should have to consider a person's criminal history and to prohibit release without cash bail for people with a history of failing to appear in court.

Both proposals, which would need to be approved by the state legislature before becoming law, are likely to bring attacks from advocates for locking fewer people up in Georgia prisons. Kemp and other Republicans have repeatedly undercut efforts to make Georgia's criminal justice system less punitive in the last four years, even while saying they were honoring the reform legacy of previous Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.

Kemp also wants to provide loan forgiveness of up to $20,000 for people who study to become police officers in the state and up to $100,000 for people who become medical examiners.

Abrams, who has been trailing Kemp in polls as the two match up again following Abrams' narrow 2018 defeat, said she wants to use Monday's debate to highlight her plans to expand Medicaid, increase child care subsidies, raise teacher salaries, make housing more affordable and expand small business opportunities.

“I’m going to talk to everyone about what’s at stake, what the opportunities are and why we haven’t received all of the benefits that Georgia is entitled to," she said. "I want to make certain that I make the case that Brian Kemp doesn’t care, he won’t help, and that he spent the last four years attacking our freedoms.”

Kemp campaign spokesperson Cody Hall said Kemp’s goal in the debate will be to “communicate the governor’s record but also make it clear how that record contrasts with where Stacey Abrams wants to take our state.”

Libertarian Shane Hazel will share the stage.

What is likely to be the only debate in the Georgia Senate race between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker took place last Friday in Savannah. That was followed by a debate between Warnock and Libertarian challenger Chase Oliver on Sunday in Atlanta.

More than 4 million people could vote in the state’s elections this year, and if past patterns hold, more than half are likely to cast ballots before Election Day. With Donald Trump’s past baseless attacks on mail ballots as fraud-prone, early voting could be tilted to Democrats. Abrams told reporters on Thursday she's hoping to push 100,000 to 200,000 voters to the polls in the first week.

“Everybody you've ever met should know about it: people you're mad at, people who are mad at you, people you owe money to, people who owe you money, people you broke up with, this is a good time to get back together," Abrams said Friday during an Atlanta fundraiser attended by first lady Jill Biden. "But we need everyone across the state to show up the first week of early voting.”

Voters in Georgia are already sending in ballots by mail, with more than 1,000 received by Friday through the mail. More than 200,000 people have requested mail ballots already, with an Oct. 28 deadline to request them. Early in-person voting will run through Nov. 4, with counties mandated to offer two Saturdays of balloting and given the option of offering two Sundays.

Hall said Kemp's goal is to remain “competitive” in early voting. "We feel confident about our ability to do that,” Hall said.

Kemp and Abrams are scheduled to meet for a second debate on Oct. 30.

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Kemp, Abrams to Debate on 1st Day of Early Voting in Georgia

Kemp, Abrams to Debate on 1st Day of Early Voting in Georgia brian kemp speaks into a microphone Republican gubernatorial candidate Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during his primary night election party at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24. (Joe Raedle/Getty)

JEFF AMY Monday, 17 October 2022 09:07 AM EDT

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia on Monday, hours before the candidates for governor meet in the first of two scheduled debates. Democrats in particular are trying to push their supporters to cast ballots early in races that include a pivotal U.S. Senate seat.

Republican incumbent Brian Kemp, who has been touting his record of reopening Georgia's economy during the COVID-19 pandemic and assailing Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams as soft on crime, rolled out a batch of crime proposals Monday, signaling that could be a major theme of the debate.

Kemp is proposing to increase the prison sentence for recruiting youths under 18 into a gang to a minimum of 10 years from the current minimum of five years. He's also proposing to make it harder for judges to release people who have been arrested without cash bail, saying judges should have to consider a person's criminal history and to prohibit release without cash bail for people with a history of failing to appear in court.

Both proposals, which would need to be approved by the state legislature before becoming law, are likely to bring attacks from advocates for locking fewer people up in Georgia prisons. Kemp and other Republicans have repeatedly undercut efforts to make Georgia's criminal justice system less punitive in the last four years, even while saying they were honoring the reform legacy of previous Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.

Kemp also wants to provide loan forgiveness of up to $20,000 for people who study to become police officers in the state and up to $100,000 for people who become medical examiners.

Abrams, who has been trailing Kemp in polls as the two match up again following Abrams' narrow 2018 defeat, said she wants to use Monday's debate to highlight her plans to expand Medicaid, increase child care subsidies, raise teacher salaries, make housing more affordable and expand small business opportunities.

“I’m going to talk to everyone about what’s at stake, what the opportunities are and why we haven’t received all of the benefits that Georgia is entitled to," she said. "I want to make certain that I make the case that Brian Kemp doesn’t care, he won’t help, and that he spent the last four years attacking our freedoms.”

Kemp campaign spokesperson Cody Hall said Kemp’s goal in the debate will be to “communicate the governor’s record but also make it clear how that record contrasts with where Stacey Abrams wants to take our state.”

Libertarian Shane Hazel will share the stage.

What is likely to be the only debate in the Georgia Senate race between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker took place last Friday in Savannah. That was followed by a debate between Warnock and Libertarian challenger Chase Oliver on Sunday in Atlanta.

More than 4 million people could vote in the state’s elections this year, and if past patterns hold, more than half are likely to cast ballots before Election Day. With Donald Trump’s past baseless attacks on mail ballots as fraud-prone, early voting could be tilted to Democrats. Abrams told reporters on Thursday she's hoping to push 100,000 to 200,000 voters to the polls in the first week.

“Everybody you've ever met should know about it: people you're mad at, people who are mad at you, people you owe money to, people who owe you money, people you broke up with, this is a good time to get back together," Abrams said Friday during an Atlanta fundraiser attended by first lady Jill Biden. "But we need everyone across the state to show up the first week of early voting.”

Voters in Georgia are already sending in ballots by mail, with more than 1,000 received by Friday through the mail. More than 200,000 people have requested mail ballots already, with an Oct. 28 deadline to request them. Early in-person voting will run through Nov. 4, with counties mandated to offer two Saturdays of balloting and given the option of offering two Sundays.

Hall said Kemp's goal is to remain “competitive” in early voting. "We feel confident about our ability to do that,” Hall said.

Kemp and Abrams are scheduled to meet for a second debate on Oct. 30.

Walker Opts Out of Second Debate With Incumbent Sen. Warnock

Walker Opts Out of Second Debate With Incumbent Sen. Warnock herschel walker speaks into a microphone Georgia Republican Senatorial candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a campaign event in Carrollton, Georgia, on Oct. 11. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

By Fran Beyer | Monday, 17 October 2022 09:25 AM EDT

Herschel Walker opted out of a second debate against Georgia's incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock.

The Atlanta Press Club debate series was held Sunday — two days after its first, which the former football star attended. Two more are planned, for Monday and Tuesday.

According to the debate series protocol, all candidates are invited to participate, with Warnock and Libertarian Chase Oliver accepting on Sunday — but also representing absent candidates via an empty podium.

"It's important to point out that my opponent Herschel Walker is not here—and I think half of being a senator is showing up," Warnock said at the debate, the Washington Examiner reported.

The former NFL player — who's been backed in his election bid by former President Donald Trump — violated debate rules in his sole appearance, flashing what looked like an honorary deputy badge, the news outlet reported — with the moderator stepping in to criticize Walker for bringing a prop to the event.

The former NFL player claimed he had brought it to prove that he had worked in law enforcement, though the claim has not been independently confirmed.

At the first debate on Friday, Walker and Warnock sparred over a range of issues from abortion and policing to personal integrity. Their race could help determine control of the Senate.

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Chris Christie: Trump Wanted to Keep Documents ‘As a Trophy’

Chris Christie: Trump Wanted to Keep Documents 'As a Trophy'

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By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 16 October 2022 10:51 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump wanted to keep classified documents "as a trophy" after leaving the White House, not for leverage, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday.

"He wanted to keep these documents as a trophy. That's what they were, more than anything," Christie, a former Trump adviser who is now a contributor for ABC News, said on the network's "This Week," while discussing the documents and other items the FBI seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in August, reports The Hill.

However, while there have been suggestions that Trump kept the documents to use as leverage against others, Christie said he doesn't think that's true.

"I think it's much more likely they're a trophy that he walks around and says, 'Look, I've got this. I’ve got this classified document or that,' because remember, he can't believe he's not president," Christie said.

Further, Trump can't believe he doesn't still get classified documents, so "he needs to display to everybody down at Mar-a-Lago or up in Bedminster during the summer he still has some of those trappings," said Christie. "The replica Resolute Desk in Mar-a-Lago and all the rest of those things are things that are assuaging, you know, his disappointment and his disbelief that he's not the president anymore."

Trump argues that some of the documents that were seized are protected by attorney-client privilege, and says he declassified the materials before he took them to Mar-a-Lago.

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Trump ‘Jews’ Comment Draws Backlash

Trump 'Jews' Comment Draws Backlash

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 16 October 2022 09:10 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump came under fire Sunday after his post on his Truth Social platform Sunday calling on American Jews to "get their act together" and to show more appreciation for Israel before "it is too late."

Trump's comment drew fire from the liberal media, with outlets like The Washington Post accusing him of antisemitism.

The Post noted that it is an "antisemitic trope" that American Jews have been accused of having more loyalty to Israel rather than the United States, and reported that Trump's post was not the first time the former president had suggested that U.S. Jews traditionally align more with Democrats on domestic policies and should be more supportive of him because of how he's dealt with Israel.

"No President has done more for Israel than I have," said in his post, adding that the United States' "wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S."

The post suggested that Jews living in Israel, though have given him his "highest approval rating in the world," and added that he could "easily be" the country's prime minister.

"U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel – Before it is too late!" he concluded.

Biden to Campaign for DeSantis Rival Crist in November Florida Trip

Biden to Campaign for DeSantis Rival Crist in November Florida Trip joe biden

President Joe Biden (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Jeff Mason Sunday, 16 October 2022 08:34 PM EDT

President Joe Biden will take on a potential 2024 presidential rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a November campaign event for the Democratic candidate for governor, Charlie Crist.

The White House said on Sunday that Biden will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Nov. 1 to attend a reception for Crist, a former governor and member of Congress who is trailing in polls behind the popular Republican incumbent.

Biden and DeSantis have publicly played nice with each other in recent weeks in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. During a joint appearance on a trip to survey storm damage in Florida, Biden said the two leaders had worked "hand-in-glove."

But the differences between them are stark. And both men could potentially be rivals in 2024 if Biden runs for reelection, which he has indicated he intends to do, and if DeSantis runs for the Republican nomination and succeeds in beating back former President Donald Trump, who is mulling a comeback bid.

DeSantis is popular in the Republican Party and has clashed with Biden on multiple policy issues, including COVID-19 vaccines, immigration and abortion rights.

The president's embrace of Crist and his attempt to boost him in the late stages of the campaign could be a sign that Democrats have not given up on hopes of toppling DeSantis in his home state. It could also reflect an effort to let Biden make a more muscular argument against a man who is a likely presidential hopeful.

Biden just completed a western travel swing in which he sought to boost Democrat Tina Kotek, who is running in a tight race for governor in Oregon. Control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate is at stake in the November midterm elections, but state elections and governors' races are also being closely watched for their potential policy impacts on abortion and voting rights.

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Kellyanne Conway: Media Out to ‘Get’ Trump, Not the Story

Kellyanne Conway: Media Out to 'Get' Trump, Not the Story

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By Eric Mack | Sunday, 16 October 2022 04:08 PM EDT

The media worked consistently "not to get the story but to get the president" during the Trump administration, and now it is working to cover for Democrats, according to former White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway.

"I really thought that the media would want to get the story and not just get the president," Conway told Sunday's "The Cats Roundtable" on 77 WABC Radio AM-N.Y.

Now, the media has a chance to get after President Joe Biden for chaos, but wants no part of that, Conway told host John Catsimatidis.

"All we see is chaos and crisis — not chaos and crisis in a tweet or an Oval Office spontaneous briefing — chaos and crisis at the gas pump, in the grocery store, in Ukraine, at the southern border, in our communities — yes, our urban areas but also our suburbs – rising crime, rising costs; and the media don't want to cover that," she told Catsimatidis.

"They want everything to be hidden and shrouded and not surface and be transparent to the people ahead of these midterms."

Conway's latest book "Here's the Deal: A Memoir" details the "mechanics" of Trump, including the inner workings of the White House that does not get the proper coverage, she said.

Conway marveled at the powerful women advising Trump, including Ivanka Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Brooke Rollins and Mercedes Schlapp, noting they were mothers raising a total of 19 children and being trusted presidential advisers like never before.

"You go show me a place in corporate or America or nonprofit America where that's true, where working mom's like that with that many kids, those ages, feel like they are supported, they are respected, they are listened too, they are valued and involved," Conway said.

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Kellyanne Conway: Media Out to ‘Get’ Trump, Not the Story

Kellyanne Conway: Media Out to 'Get' Trump, Not the Story (Newsmax/"Saturday Agenda")

By Eric Mack | Sunday, 16 October 2022 04:08 PM EDT

The media worked consistently "not to get the story but to get the president" during the Trump administration, and now it is working to cover for Democrats, according to former White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway.

"I really thought that the media would want to get the story and not just get the president," Conway told Sunday's "The Cats Roundtable" on 77 WABC Radio AM-N.Y.

Now, the media has a chance to get after President Joe Biden for chaos, but wants no part of that, Conway told host John Catsimatidis.

"All we see is chaos and crisis — not chaos and crisis in a tweet or an Oval Office spontaneous briefing — chaos and crisis at the gas pump, in the grocery store, in Ukraine, at the southern border, in our communities — yes, our urban areas but also our suburbs — rising crime, rising costs; and the media don't want to cover that," she told Catsimatidis.

"They want everything to be hidden and shrouded and not surface and be transparent to the people ahead of these midterms."

Conway's latest book "Here's the Deal: A Memoir" details the "mechanics" of Trump, including the inner workings of the White House that does not get the proper coverage, she said.

Conway marveled at the powerful women advising Trump, including Ivanka Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Brooke Rollins, and Mercedes Schlapp, noting they were mothers raising a total of 19 children and being trusted presidential advisers like never before.

"You go show me a place in corporate or America or nonprofit America where that's true, where working moms like that with that many kids, those ages, feel like they are supported, they are respected, they are listened too, they are valued and involved," Conway said.

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Zeldin Promises Major Changes in ‘First 100 Minutes’ if Elected NY Governor

Zeldin Promises Major Changes in 'First 100 Minutes' if Elected NY Governor (Newsmax)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 16 October 2022 02:54 PM EDT

Rep. Lee Zeldin said Sunday he doesn't only have big plans for his first 100 days in office if he's elected as governor of New York, but he plans major changes in his first 100 minutes in office.

"I want to do everything I possibly can in the first 100 minutes," the New York Republican, who is challenging incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, said on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo." "I want to have a very active day one."

Zeldin said his first action will be to declare a "crime emergency" in New York.

"I'm going to suspend New York's cashless bail laws and some other pro-criminal laws that have been passed and force the legislature to come to the table to negotiate an improvement because we have to take back our streets," said Zeldin. "We need law-abiding New Yorkers back in control of the streets instead of criminals."

Hochul's fight against crime became even more serious last Sunday afternoon when two teenagers were shot outside his family's Long Island home while his twin 16-year-old daughters were home. They were not injured in the shootings, which are believed to be gang-related.

The congressman also had a close brush with crime in July, when he was attacked while on the campaign trail by a man wielding a sharp object.

But Hochul and the Democrats who control the state legislature "feel like they haven't passed enough pro-criminal laws," said Zeldin, and he plans to bring that to a stop.

"I previously announced that my first action on day one is telling Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that he's being removed, but it doesn't stop there," he added.

Zeldin also insisted he'll "unapologetically" back the men and women in law enforcement, including the New York City Police Department.

"They should have all the tools and resources they need to do their job safely and effectively," he said. "I was raised in a law enforcement household. My running mate, Alison Esposito, just retired, after 25 years in the NYPD. So we are focused on taking back our streets and absolutely supporting our men and women in blue."

Now, as his poll numbers are close to Hochul's leading pollsters to call the race a toss-up, Zeldin said he's feeling his support growing.

"I don't care whether I'm in a Republican county or a blue county, talking to Republican, Democrat, independent, a lot of New Yorkers are just really fed up with Kathy Hochul," he said. "She's doing a terrible job as governor. New Yorkers are leaving this state more than my other state across the entire country, and the reason why is because Albany has been attacking their safety, attacking their wallets, and they're heading for opportunities elsewhere."

Former President Donald Trump, a native New Yorker, on Sunday endorsed Zeldin's campaign, commenting on his Truth Social that as a congressman, "Lee Zeldin is a WINNER who GOT THINGS DONE. He will be a GREAT Governor of New York, and has my Complete & Total Endorsement."

Zeldin also on Sunday spoke out about the immigration situation after New York City has had to respond to the crisis. "They're getting free housing, they have access to schools, they have access to hospitals," he said. "They are able to, in many respects, get incentivized and rewarded from the federal government, the state government, and the city. And that's only encouraging more people to come across every day."

But nothing will happen unless President Joe Biden takes action on the federal level, even if local officials agree on a solution, said Zeldin.

"The Biden administration must lead or this will never get tackled," he said. "We need to see them secure the southern border. They need to finish construction of the border wall, end catch and release, and enforce the remain in Mexico policy."

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Administration’s Links to China Threatens National Security: Pompeo

Administration's Links to China Threatens National Security: Pompeo (Newsmax)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 16 October 2022 01:44 PM EDT

China's move for world power poses a security threat to the United States, considering that there are senior leaders in President Joe Biden's administration, "certainly the president of the United States and his family members" and people in the cabinet who "worked on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party," former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday during an interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo"

"They had clients in China [and are] deeply connected," Pompeo, who worked in former President Donald Trump's administration. "I think we're only beginning to pull the threads. If you don't have actors who are putting the American people first, if there are other things, personal family interests or former business interests or friends that are still out doing that kind of peddling, it creates enormous national security risks."

"We need leaders at every level of the country focused singularly on representing the people they've been elected to serve," he added.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping Sunday called for faster military development while announcing no change in the country's policies while speaking as the Communist Party party opened its congress and before Xi is expected to appoint himself to a third five-year term in office.

Pompeo said that China has been pushing to become the world's major superpower for the last few decades and that its Communist Party has been at "economic war" with the United States for "all of that time."

"The United States just turned the other cheek," said Pompeo. "This has been Republicans and Democrats alike. We were the first administration to confront them in a serious way."

China's economic growth, he added, has been "all on the backs of the American people."

"The only way they were able to grow was by cheating and allowing the Chinese Communist Party to compete on terms that made it fundamentally unfair for American companies," said Pompeo. "We need leaders that are prepared to address this to challenge it. When we do, we'll be successful, I'm confident about that."

Meanwhile, Pompeo said that a letter China sent to the Hudson Institute, where he is a policy fellow was to all American leaders to warn them about challenging the communist government.

"It basically said 'Mike Pompeo, shut up,'" said Pompeo. "All we've done, frankly, in the days before was talk about how the Chinese Communist party is corrupt and doesn't truly represent the Chinese people. You can see that with the protests that are taking place today."

Pompeo said he has been sanctioned by the Chinese party and it is "making things difficult for those around me as well. They are determined, they are serious, and our response needs to equal that in every measure, Maria."

Pompeo also spoke out Sunday about the protests for women's rights in Iran, and called the protesters "courageous."

"They have been strong," he said. "They are putting light on what the regime has done to them for so many years and more power to them. I wish them every success. But those wishes are insufficient when you have an American government that has essentially sided with the regime."

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Trump: ‘Jews Have to Get Their Act Together’ in Supporting Israel

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By Eric Mack | Sunday, 16 October 2022 11:03 AM EDT

Picking up his long-held criticism of Jewish Americans not taking enough concern for Israel, former President Donald Trump warned American Jews must "get their act together" on appreciating Israel "before it is too late."

"No president has done more for Israel than I have," Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social. "Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S. Those living in Israel, though, are a different story – highest approval rating in the world, could easily be P.M.! U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel – before it is too late!"

The post echoes his past remarks made almost a year ago, where he rebuked The New York Times for being anti-Israel.

"There's people in this country that are Jewish no longer love Israel. I'll tell you the evangelical Christians love Israel more than the Jews in this country," Trump said last December. "It used to be that Israel had absolute power over Congress, and today I think it's the exact opposite."

Trump blamed former President Barack Obama and current President Joe Biden for the anti-Israel sentiment, as they seek to work with the anti-Israel regime in Iran on nuclear deals past and potentially future.

"And I think Obama and Biden did that," Trump lamented. "And yet in the election, they still get a lot of votes from Jewish people, which tells you that the Jewish people, and I've said this for a long time, the Jewish people in the United States, either don't like Israel or don't care about Israel.

"I mean you look at The New York Times, The New York Times hates Israel. Hates them. And they're Jewish people that run The New York Times. I mean the Sulzberger family."

Trump's remarks come just weeks before the Nov. 8 midterms final vote. Jewish media is hailing Democrats, suggesting the Jewish vote can carry the party to stave off a Republican wave.

"Jewish voters have the power to carry Democrats in the midterms," according to Forward.com. "Abortion and the ongoing threats to democracy are the most important issues for Jewish voters."

The Jewish Electorate Institute polled Jewish voters and found 74% follow the Democrats' Jan. 6 narrative-pushing committee and 57% were more motivated to vote because of the messaging.

Trump, who's daughter and son-in-law are Jewish, might be on to something with the lack of respect for what he has done for Israel and the Jewish world community. Just 19% of American Jews have a favorable view of Trump, while 70% of Jewish voters approve of the job President Joe Biden is doing, according to the poll.

Notably, Jewish voters' opinion of Biden does not comport with the whole America community which has a majority disapproving of the job Biden is doing and Biden's approval ratings in the 30s at times during his presidency.

Also, 68% of Jewish voters support the U.S. reentering the Iran nuclear deal.

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Retired Gen. Tata to Newsmax: Russia Escalated in Ukraine Because of Biden

Retired Gen. Tata to Newsmax: Russia Escalated in Ukraine Because of Biden (Newsmax/"Wake Up America Weekend")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 16 October 2022 10:39 AM EDT

President Joe Biden and his administration, by "greenlighting" Russia's invasion of Ukraine "by saying a minor incursion would be okay" allowed the situation between the two countries to escalate to war, retired Brigadier Gen. Anthony Tata, the author of the novel "Chasing the Lion," said on Newsmax Sunday.

"Remember that from the very beginning of this, that was a specific policy that this administration put in place very quickly," Tata said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America Weekend."

Tata added that the administration "offered to remove" Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from the equation to "effectively decapitate the Ukrainian leadership" on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In January, a month before Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden implied to reporters that the United States might not provide substantial support to Ukraine if the invasion turned out to be a "minor incursion."

Further, Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered Zelenskyy transportation to leave the country, leading to the Ukraine president telling him that he didn't need a ride, as "'I need ammo. I need support,'" Tata recalled.

But if former President Donald Trump had been president and did something like that, "he would have been impeached 100 times for wanting to do Putin's bidding to decapitate the Ukrainian leadership," said the retired general.

"This was a very specific policy from this administration to remove Zelenskyy from the equation to whatever end," said Tata. "Think about what Zelenskyy did to rally the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian military, and the world to support them."

The retired general further pointed out that former President Barack Obama ceded Crimea to Russia, but then, like now with the situation with Russia and Ukraine, there was no outcry.

"The leftist corporate media is complicit in getting us to this position of a potential nuclear showdown with Russia because they are sycophants for this administration that lacks in diplomatic skills," said Tata."They have no ability to engage Putin and find some kind of solution.

Meanwhile, Biden "fractured NATO" by leaving Afghanistan without informing the allied nations, said Tata.

"It was a pell-mell rush to get out of there, he said. "All of our NATO partners were in Afghanistan. Putin saw that window. We have no respect right now because we acted unilaterally like Keystone cops in getting out of there."

And now, the United States is "not really a factor in this war" other than with the nation's military-industrial complex providing arms and ammunition, said Tata.

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Embattled Biden Turning to Trump-Era Rule to Expel Venezuelan Migrants

Embattled Biden Turning to Trump-Era Rule to Expel Venezuelan Migrants Embattled Biden Turning to Trump-Era Rule to Expel Venezuelan Migrants

COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Sunday, 16 October 2022 09:31 AM EDT

Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the "brutal" government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

Now, with increasing numbers of Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border as the Nov. 8 election nears, Biden has turned to an unlikely source for a solution: his predecessor’s playbook.

Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42 — which Biden's own Justice Department is fighting in court — to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border.

The rule, first invoked by Trump in 2020, uses emergency public health authority to allow the United States to keep migrants from seeking asylum at the border, based on the need to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Under the new Biden administration policy, Venezuelans who walk or swim across America's southern border will be expelled and any Venezuelan who illegally enters Mexico or Panama will be ineligible to come to the United States. But as many as 24,000 Venezuelans will be accepted at U.S. airports, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion in February.

Mexico has insisted that the U.S. admit one Venezuelan on humanitarian parole for each Venezuelan it expels to Mexico, according to a Mexican official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke condition of anonymity. So if the Biden administration paroles 24,000 Venezuelans to the U.S., Mexico would take no more than 24,000 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S.

The Biden policy marks an abrupt turn for the White House, which just weeks ago was lambasting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, both Republicans, for putting Venezuelan migrants “fleeing political persecution” on buses and planes to Democratic strongholds.

“These were children, they were moms, they were fleeing communism,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the time.

Biden’s new policy has drawn swift criticism from immigrant advocates, many of them quick to point out the Trump parallels.

“Rather than restore the right to asylum decimated by the Trump administration … the Biden administration has dangerously embraced the failures of the past and expanded upon them by explicitly enabling expulsions of Venezuelan migrants,” said Jennifer Nagda, policy director of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.

The administration says the policy is aimed at ensuring a “lawful and orderly” way for Venezuelans to enter the U.S.

Why the turnaround?

For more than a year after taking office in January 2021, Biden deferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which used its authority to keep in place the Trump-era declaration that a public health risk existed that warranted expedited expulsion of asylum-seekers.

Members of Biden’s own party and activist groups had expressed skepticism about the public health underpinnings for allowing Title 42 to remain in effect, especially when COVID-19 was spreading more widely within the U.S. than elsewhere.

After months of internal deliberations and preparations, the CDC on April 1 said it would end the public health order and return to normal border processing of migrants, giving them a chance to request asylum in the U.S.

Homeland Security officials braced for a resulting increase in border crossings.

But officials inside and outside the White House were conflicted over ending the authority, believing it effectively kept down the number of people crossing the border illegally, according to senior administration officials.

A court order in May that kept Title 42 in place due to a challenge from Republican state officials was greeted with quiet relief by some in the administration, according to officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions.

The recent increase in migration from Venezuela, sparked by political, social and economic instability in the country, dashed officials’ hopes that they were finally seeing a lull in the chaos that had defined the border region for the past year.

By August, Venezuelans were the second-largest nationality arriving at the U.S. border after Mexicans. Given that U.S. tensions with Venezuela meant migrants from the country could not be sent back easily, the situation became increasingly difficult to manage.

So an administration that had rejected many Trump-era policies aimed at keeping out migrants, that had worked to make the asylum process easier and that had increased the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. now turned to Title 42.

It brokered a deal to send the Venezuelans to Mexico, which already had agreed to accept migrants expelled under Title 42 if they are from Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador.

All the while, Justice Department lawyers continue to appeal a court decision that has kept Title 42 in place. They are opposing Republican attorneys general from more than 20 states who have argued that Title 42 is “the only safety valve preventing this Administration’s already disastrous border control policies from descending into an unmitigated catastrophe.”

Under Title 42, migrants have been expelled more than 2.3 million times from the U.S. after crossing the country’s land borders illegally from Canada or Mexico, though most try to come through Mexico.

The administration had announced it would stop expelling migrants under Title 42 starting May 23 and go back to detaining and deporting migrants who did not qualify to enter and remain in the U.S. — a longer process that allows migrants to request asylum in the U.S.

“We are extremely disturbed by the apparent acceptance, codification, and expansion of the use of Title 42, an irrelevant health order, as a cornerstone of border policy,” said Thomas Cartwright of Witness at the Border. “One that expunges the legal right to asylum.”

A separate lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union also is trying to end Title 42, an effort that could render the administration’s proposal useless.

“People have a right to seek asylum – regardless of where they came from, how they arrive in the United States, and whether or not they have family here," said ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt.

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Fred Fleitz to Newsmax: Biden’s National Security Strategy Filled With ‘Nonsense’

Fred Fleitz to Newsmax: Biden's National Security Strategy Filled With 'Nonsense' (Newsmax/"Wake Up America Weekend")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 16 October 2022 09:12 AM EDT

The Biden administration's recently released it's National Security Strategy document which contains "a lot of nonsense" and lies about the White House's energy policy, Fred Fleitz, the vice-chair of the America First Policy Institute Center for American Security, said Sunday on Newsmax.

"It's not a serious document," Fleitz, a Newsmax contributor and former chief of staff to the National Security Council, commented on Newsmax's "Wake Up America Weekend." "It's over 18 months late. This is supposed to be produced in the first year of a presidential administration. The nuclear strategy has been late, the missile defense strategy has been late, and the defense strategy has been late. What has the National Security Council been doing?"

The White House said that the document, released last Wednesday, "outlines how the United States will advance our vital interests and pursue a free, open, prosperous, and secure world," but Fleitz, like other critics, panned the report on many of its topics, including China, the energy situation, the Middle East, and more.

"There's a lot of nonsense in here," Fleitz said. "It says that the administration disagrees with the Chinese Communist Party, but doesn't say why. I mean the reason is that the Chinese Communist Party wants global domination, but that didn't make it into the report. It says that we live in an era of competition and we're going to out-compete the Chinese. This reflects the Obama-Biden view that America is not an exceptional nation, not the leader of the free world…this is not an America-first document that was the Trump National Security Strategy."

The new policy statement also contains some references to the military, but they are only in passing, as the document focuses a great deal on climate change, "an obsession for the Democratic party and Joe Biden," said Fleitz.

"They say it is the existential threat to our time," he added. "No, it isn't. China is the existential threat. When we bring up these trivial issues, it undermines our credibility on the world stage even more."

The policy also brings up a "vague reference" about saluting Iranians for fighting for their human rights, said Fleitz, adding that "there's not one reference to Iranian women" despite the mass protests there, "where women are risking their lives because Mahsa Amini was beaten to death by the morality police…I thought women's rights was a big deal for the Democrats but there's nothing about women's rights in Iran."

And when it comes to energy, the document blames the loss of U.S. domination to Russia and the war in Ukraine, not on its policies, said Fleitz.

"The administration's been lying about the causes of soaring gas prices," he said. "We all know that is because Joe Biden has reduced the ability to produce energy domestically. That's why energy prices are higher."

The document also contains "not nearly enough" on Israel, and very little on North Korea said Fleitz. "I think there's one reference to North Korea [which] could soon conduct an underground nuclear test," he said. "The South Korean government thinks that should take that could take place by mid-November [but there is] no reference to that."

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Biden Calls Testimony, Video from Jan. 6 Committee Hearing ‘Devastating’

Biden Calls Testimony, Video from Jan. 6 Committee Hearing 'Devastating' Biden Calls Testimony, Video from Jan. 6 Committee Hearing 'Devastating' President Joe Biden stands with his money as he waits for his ice cream cone at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Mason and Mike Stone Sunday, 16 October 2022 06:13 AM EDT

President Joe Biden described as "devastating" testimony and video from a Jan. 6 committee hearing two days ago, featuring congressional leaders in tense phone calls with Pentagon and White House officials during the assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Biden was speaking to reporters during a stop at an ice cream shop in Oregon as he campaigned for Tina Kotek, who is running for governor of the state.

"I think it’s been devastating," Biden said when asked about the latest hearing. "The case has been made, it seems to me, fairly overwhelming."

Biden said he had been going out of his way not to comment on the proceedings.

"Any more I say about it, you … are going to ask me if I’m trying to influence the attorney general. I'm not. I've not spoken with him at all," Biden said, referring to Attorney General Merrick Garland, whose Justice Department has the authority to pursue criminal charges related to the Capitol attack.

Some of the video footage came from the family of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi present at the Capitol that day. One of the clips showed the California Democrat in a call with Republican Vice President Mike Pence.

"When I spoke to him, I said, 'I'm so afraid for you to be in the Capitol still,'" Pelosi said on Saturday during remarks at a San Francisco community farming event.

Pence responded that the Secret Service thought more attention would be drawn if he and his entourage left the Capitol, Pelosi said. "Lord knows what might have happened if that entourage went out there," she added.

The House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by Donald Trump's supporters voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena the former president, a move that could lead to criminal charges if he does not comply.

The hearing followed eight others earlier this year and one in July 2021. There were no live witnesses on Thursday, but the panel presented videotaped testimony to build a case that Trump's efforts to overturn his November 2020 presidential election defeat constituted illegal conduct far beyond normal politics.

The committee's vote on Thursday may have been its last public action before the Nov. 8 congressional elections that will determine whether Biden's Democrats continue to control the House and Senate.

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Rep. Biggs to Newsmax: Biden’s Warnings to Saudi Arabia Ring ‘Hollow’

Rep. Biggs to Newsmax: Biden's Warnings to Saudi Arabia Ring 'Hollow'

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By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:41 PM EDT

President Joe Biden's warnings of "consequences" against Saudi Arabia when it comes to oil and Russia ring "hollow" because the world's leaders "know that Biden doesn't do anything" when it comes to being tough on other nations, Rep. Andy Biggs said on Newsmax Saturday.

"He's incompetent to do anything," the Arizona Republican, who appeared on Newsmax's "America Right Now" with Retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, commented. "All he cares about is maintaining power domestically because we have we have emasculated ourselves internationally."

The United States and Saudi Arabia this past week traded barbs after the Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel, which includes Russia, cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, starting in November.

Washington accused Riyadh of promoting Russia's interests, leading to Biden's "consequences" warning.

"And so when he says, 'Well, there'll be retaliation of some kind,' you know that that if it's cutting off arms sales, that Russia is able and willing to provide a substitute," said Biggs. "You have China stepping in as well, so it is not realistic for Biden to talk that way."

The best way to fight back, Biggs said, is for Biden to once again unleash America's energy dependence so the nation can become energy dominant again and become the power in the world again.

"But right now, you're seeing feckless policy; and that's why the Saudis don't care about what Joe Biden says," said Biggs. "They don't."

Shaffer, president of the London Center for Policy Research and a national security adviser for former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, also commented that the solution for the United States' return to power is to return to energy dominance.

Meanwhile, there is concern that if Russia launches a strike, the response from the United States could prove dangerous.

"If Putin feels backed into a quarter and does use nuclear weapons, now we have a completely different animal because, quite frankly, most people in the world can't imagine what that would look like," said Biggs.

Biggs also on Saturday discussed reports that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knew that the narrative about Border Patrol agents whipped a group of Haitian migrants was false but chose to denounce the officials to the nation.

"I think there are other reasons that he should be impeached from office for sure; but when he didn't stand behind his agents, it showed an incredible lack of leadership, lack of integrity. And that's what we've gotten and what we've seen from him all along," said Biggs. "Our border is open and porous, and he is allowing these innocent agents now to have to go through an administrative process as well."

Mayorkas, Biggs added, "should have resigned long ago. … and now I'm looking for him to be impeached in January."

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: GOP Candidates Won Debates ‘Decisively’

Dick Morris to Newsmax: GOP Candidates Won Debates 'Decisively'

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By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 15 October 2022 02:35 PM EDT

Political strategist Dick Morris, the author of the best-selling "The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback," Saturday on Newsmax declared that GOP candidates in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconson "decisively" won their debates Friday night, and predicted a "massive Republicans sweep" coming in November's elections because of the economy and the contrast between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

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"There were three pivotal debates last night, and they were in different parts of the country. And they weren't covered by the national stations, but I hunted and looked through them. And the Republicans won all three, in my judgment, decisively," said Morris on Newsmax's "Saturday Report."

Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, defeated U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock decisively, as he was like an "experienced political pro," Morris said.

"When Warnock would bring something up, he would answer and he pivoted to inflation and Joe Biden," said Morris.

Then, Republican challenger Tudor Dixon "absolutely destroyed" Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, said Morris, and, "I think she can win now."

Then, in the Wisconsin gubernatorial debate, Republican Tim Michels "completely outclassed" Democrat Gov. Tony Evers, said Morris, so "that one I think is also going to be a win."

Morris, meanwhile, noted that Republicans' numbers are growing in the generic ballot polling, which now is up by seven points, which "indicates a sweep in the House."

"If it goes higher, to 10 or 11, that indicates a complete massacre of the Democratic Party, and I suspect that's what's going to happen," said Morris. "My message to people now is whatever your district, whatever your state, whatever your supposed chances of winning, if you're a Republican, you have a shot to win. I think that [Lee] Zeldin is now going to beat Gov. Kathy Hochul in New York. I think that all of these governors' races are going to go Republican."

Morris said he pointed out in his book that there will be a "massive Republican sweep" in November, but this summer looked "very close" after the Supreme Court's decision on abortion.

"The Republicans are breaking away and the underlying factors that I cited in my book are coming into play and moving the Republican Party forward," said Morris. "At this point, I feel confident in predicting a Republican win in the Senate, and a massive Republican win in the House."

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Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Big Tech Power ‘Great Issue of 21st Century’

Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Big Tech Power 'Great Issue of 21st Century' (Newsmax/"America Right Now")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 02:02 PM EDT

The Republican National Committee is preparing to sue Google for alleging blocking GOP emails on its Gmail platform, and legal expert Alan Dershowitz tells Newsmax there is a case to be made here both in courts and Congress with regard to Big Tech censorship.

"Congress does have a weapon to do this," Dershowitz told Saturday's "America Right Now" about addressing Big Tech's protections under the law. "The courts do also, and I think there are going to be some very serious considerations by the courts."

This is the "great issue of the 21st century," Dershowitz told host Tom Basile, asking the constitutional question under the First Amendment whether or not social media like Google and Twitter are subject government control.

"Everybody says that the First Amendment is relevant," Dershowitz told Basile. "Google says the First Amendment gives them the right to suppress and sensor and pick what emails they're going put in whatever basket, but the RNC says, 'no, no, no: They are more like a common carrier, and they can't discriminate.'

"This is an issue that has not been addressed by the United States Supreme Court. It's before them in a number of cases. Obviously President [Donald] Trump is involved and other people are involved."

It will take years, if not the rest of this decade to resolve the rights and protections afford Big Tech companies, according to Dershowitz.

"By the end of this decade, we will finally get a resolution of that issue, but probably not in the next two or three years," he added. "It's a work in progress."

The Constitution needs to be amended in the new modern era of Big Tech to define these issues in America, Dershowitz concluded.

"Look, Google and Twitter are not like the mom-and-pop-store private, and they're not like the state of Arizona: completely public," Dershowitz said. "They're somewhere in between. I think they're very analogous to what used to be the telegraph company or the telephone company: They are somewhere between private and public, and they perform an essential function.

"And the courts are going to have to deal and come to grips with what their exact status is as a matter of constitutional law."

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Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Big Tech Power ‘Great Issue of 21st Century’

Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Big Tech Power 'Great Issue of 21st Century' (Newsmax/"America Right Now")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 02:02 PM EDT

The Republican National Committee is preparing to sue Google for alleging blocking GOP emails on its Gmail platform, and legal expert Alan Dershowitz tells Newsmax there is a case to be made here both in courts and Congress with regard to Big Tech censorship.

"Congress does have a weapon to do this," Dershowitz told Saturday's "America Right Now" about addressing Big Tech's protections under the law. "The courts do also, and I think there are going to be some very serious considerations by the courts."

This is the "great issue of the 21st century," Dershowitz told host Tom Basile, asking the constitutional question under the First Amendment whether or not social media like Google and Twitter are subject government control.

"Everybody says that the First Amendment is relevant," Dershowitz told Basile. "Google says the First Amendment gives them the right to suppress and sensor and pick what emails they're going put in whatever basket, but the RNC says, 'no, no, no: They are more like a common carrier, and they can't discriminate.'

"This is an issue that has not been addressed by the United States Supreme Court. It's before them in a number of cases. Obviously President [Donald] Trump is involved and other people are involved."

It will take years, if not the rest of this decade to resolve the rights and protections afford Big Tech companies, according to Dershowitz.

"By the end of this decade, we will finally get a resolution of that issue, but probably not in the next two or three years," he added. "It's a work in progress."

The Constitution needs to be amended in the new modern era of Big Tech to define these issues in America, Dershowitz concluded.

"Look, Google and Twitter are not like the mom-and-pop-store private, and they're not like the state of Arizona: completely public," Dershowitz said. "They're somewhere in between. I think they're very analogous to what used to be the telegraph company or the telephone company: They are somewhere between private and public, and they perform an essential function.

"And the courts are going to have to deal and come to grips with what their exact status is as a matter of constitutional law."

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Doug Mastriano to Newsmax: DeSantis Warned Me About October ‘Suppression Polls’

Doug Mastriano to Newsmax: DeSantis Warned Me About October 'Suppression Polls' (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 12:32 PM EDT

Echoing back to the mantras of former President Donald Trump campaigns, Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano on Newsmax stressed crowd sizes matter and "suppression polls" will not accurately capture the nature of his race.

"It's funny, Carl, Ron DeSantis in August when he came here to campaign for me in Pittsburgh, he's like, 'Doug, stay away from the polls in October, because they're going to show you behind,' just like they showed him behind," Mastriano told Saturday's "Wake Up America" host Carl Higbie.

"This time last year they had [Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn] Youngkin, there was no chance he was going to win in Virginia."

Mastriano noted even the long-revered The Trafalgar Group has him trailing, but he told Higbie "we're not seeing that" in his internal polling.

"It's kind of weird; what we're seeing on on the ground is record crowds, and in fact, Rasmussen says they're projecting Pennsylvania is going to break plus-five Republican," Mastriano continued. "That's more like we're seeing. My own, we're looking like more plus R-9."

Mastriano also noted his public campaign appearances go from intimate gatherings to full-blown rallies.

"This does not happen in gubernatorial races," Mastriano said.

"Two weekends ago, we were in Philly. We had a meet and greet in the morning — supposed to just be, you know, a few 100 people there; that's a small crowd for me, too, by the way — but it turned into a rally because too many people show up in the fire hall, 500 people."

Mastriano added just an hour and a half later north of Philadelphia, he had over 1,000 people show up.

"Never before have this been happening, you know, in a gubernatorial race," Mastriano said. "Wherever I go, our crowds are actually growing. Meanwhile, my opponent can't draw flies. He'll go to a city and have a dozen people show up."

Mastriano noted the wave of violent crime in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as a state has come under Democrat Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is running against him for governor.

Mastriano cannot fathom how anyone in the state can vote for Shapiro to be governor after allowing crime to run rampant.

"They're just so full of it," Mastriano said. "If you think about this, my opponent is the attorney general of Pennsylvania and has been the senior law enforcement official for six years."

The lawlessness is on Shapiro's regime, including rising homicides, carjacking, fentanyl deaths, theft, and "an open-air drug market," Mastriano added.

"My opponent, Josh Shapiro, has done nothing about that," Mastriano said. "He's turning a back on the African-American, Latino communities in the city. He doesn't care about their suffering."

The crime is also affecting the economy in the state, Mastriano, a 29-year Army veteran who retired as a colonel, said.

"Why would a business person stay, unless they're stuck?" he asked.

The polling needs to catch up to capturing the nature of Pennsylvania and the troubles being experiences under Democrat rule, Mastriano concluded.

"I do call these suppression polls and when you focus on making phone calls in the southeast and to a certain demographic, I mean, you're gonna get a certain result," he said.

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